South Hempstead in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.6809, -73.6154
- Elevation
- 13 m above sea level
- Population
- 3 243
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 353 km away
What time is it in South Hempstead, New York, United States
See the local time in South Hempstead, New York, United States right now, measured in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
South Hempstead, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in South Hempstead
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in South Hempstead.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:41 PM Sunset 6:15 PM Daylight 11 h 07 min Night 12 h 53 min Civil twilight 6:40 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in South Hempstead right now
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South Hempstead and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11575 Roosevelt — 2.4 km away
- 11550 Hempstead — 2.7 km away
- 11570 Rockville Centre — 2.7 km away
- 11551 Hempstead — 2.8 km away
- 11510 Baldwin — 2.9 km away
- 11555 Uniondale — 2.9 km away
- 11553 Uniondale — 3.1 km away
- 11571 Rockville Centre — 3.3 km away
- 11552 West Hempstead — 3.5 km away
- 11520 Freeport — 3.9 km away
- 11549 Hempstead — 4.2 km away
- 11565 Malverne — 4.9 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in New York
- New York City 8 804 190
- Brooklyn 2 736 074
- Queens 2 316 841
- Manhattan 1 487 536
- The Bronx 1 385 108
- Staten Island 468 730
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Roosevelt — 2.2 km
- Hempstead — 2.8 km
- Millburn — 3.8 km
- North Merrick — 4.5 km
- Malverne — 4.9 km
- Oceanside — 5.1 km
South Hempstead: clock, sun and surroundings
Set your clock for South Hempstead and it will also be right in Roosevelt and Hempstead.
12 codes are used to address mail in South Hempstead.
South Hempstead is served by the America/New_York time zone, offset UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
In South Hempstead today the sun is out from 7:07 AM until 6:15 PM. That comes to 11 h 07 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone South Hempstead uses?
- South Hempstead uses the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time in force in South Hempstead?
- Daylight saving in South Hempstead: Yes.
- What time is sunset in South Hempstead?
- It is 6:15 PM.